The Bluest Eye

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Detailed Summary & Analysis

Prologue Section 1 Prologue Section 2 Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11

Themes

All Themes Beauty vs. Ugliness Women and Femininity Race and Racism Home and Family Sex and Sexuality

Characters

All Characters Pecola Breedlove Claudia MacTeer Frieda MacTeer Cholly Breedlove Pauline Breedlove Henry Washington Samuel Breedlove China, Poland, and Miss Marie Maureen Peal Geraldine Louis Junior Soaphead Church

Symbols

All Symbols Blue Eyes Marigolds

Literary Devices

All Literary Devices Allegory Allusions Dialect Genre Hyperbole Imagery Irony Metaphors Mood Motifs Setting Similes Situational Irony Stream of Consciousness Style Tone

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The Bluest Eye

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Toni Morrison

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Introduction Intro

Plot Summary Plot

Summary & Analysis

Prologue Section 1
Prologue Section 2
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11

All Themes
Beauty vs. Ugliness
Women and Femininity
Race and Racism
Home and Family
Sex and Sexuality

All Characters
Pecola Breedlove
Claudia MacTeer
Frieda MacTeer
Cholly Breedlove
Pauline Breedlove
Henry Washington
Samuel Breedlove
China, Poland, and Miss Marie
Maureen Peal
Geraldine
Louis Junior
Soaphead Church

All Symbols
Blue Eyes
Marigolds

All Literary Devices
Allegory
Allusions
Dialect
Genre
Hyperbole
Imagery
Irony
Metaphors
Mood
Motifs
Setting
Similes
Situational Irony
Stream of Consciousness
Style
Tone

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